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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Dialogue, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sade in To the Libertines, what is the only way one can find transcendence?
(a) Abandoning the shackles of family.
(b) Killing those below oneself.
(c) Making love to de Sade.
(d) Sacrificing oneself to sensual pleasure.

2. How many days is Eugenie intending to stay with Madame de Saint-Ange?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

3. In this section, why does Dolmance insist that Madame de Saint-Ange hurry in her lesson to Eugenie?
(a) He thinks she is a poor instructor.
(b) He wants to introduce Chevalier.
(c) He wants to orgasm.
(d) He wants to sodomize her.

4. What term does the Marquis de Sade use to refer to his readers in the beginning of his Introduction?
(a) Apostates.
(b) Voluptuaries.
(c) Libertines.
(d) Hedonists.

5. How does Madame de Sainte-Ange know Eugenie's father?
(a) He is her priest.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) She is his grandmother.
(d) They are lovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Madame de Saint-Ange, what customary restriction does Dolmance make regarding his sexual partners?

2. According to Madame in the Third Dialogue, what is the psychological effect of semen's operation in conception?

3. What is Dolmance's religious inclination?

4. Near the end of this section, Dolmance discusses his libertine friends seducing who?

5. Where does Chevalier exit to at the end of the First Dialogue?

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